Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)

An unknown drumstick mask from the MRAC collection (Tervuren) raises ethnical and geographical challenges. This paper concentrates on its precise use and specific iconographical attributes (the drumsticks). The mask, named katotoshi, is related to the mukanda ceremonies among the Luba Bena-Mitumba....

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Autor principal:	Julien Volper
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Publicado:	OpenEdition 2012
Materias:	mask mukanda circumcision Catholic missions deceased Southern Lunda Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d15a899a04f84ac39874264ad675f8332021-12-02T10:48:04ZLe masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)2431-204510.4000/aaa.441https://doaj.org/article/d15a899a04f84ac39874264ad675f8332012-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/441https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045An unknown drumstick mask from the MRAC collection (Tervuren) raises ethnical and geographical challenges. This paper concentrates on its precise use and specific iconographical attributes (the drumsticks). The mask, named katotoshi, is related to the mukanda ceremonies among the Luba Bena-Mitumba. This feature calls for investigating the presence of other masks, with similar name, use or attributes among other mukanda people that are neighbors of the Bena-Mitumba. Various sources confirm that masks similar to the Bena-Mitumba katotoshi do exist, though with some differences, among the Luba-Samba, the Lwena, the Lunda, the Mbunda, the Luchazi or even the Tshokwe. Finally, based on these data, the history and geographical extension of these drumsticks masks is discussed. The origin of the katotoshi masks is to be seeked among some Lunda groups that mixed specific aspects of circumcision ceremonies with elements from overall beliefs related to funeral rites.Julien VolperOpenEditionarticlemaskmukandacircumcisionCatholic missionsdeceasedSouthern LundaArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 8, Pp 85-105 (2012)
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spellingShingle	mask mukanda circumcision Catholic missions deceased Southern Lunda Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632 Julien Volper Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
description	An unknown drumstick mask from the MRAC collection (Tervuren) raises ethnical and geographical challenges. This paper concentrates on its precise use and specific iconographical attributes (the drumsticks). The mask, named katotoshi, is related to the mukanda ceremonies among the Luba Bena-Mitumba. This feature calls for investigating the presence of other masks, with similar name, use or attributes among other mukanda people that are neighbors of the Bena-Mitumba. Various sources confirm that masks similar to the Bena-Mitumba katotoshi do exist, though with some differences, among the Luba-Samba, the Lwena, the Lunda, the Mbunda, the Luchazi or even the Tshokwe. Finally, based on these data, the history and geographical extension of these drumsticks masks is discussed. The origin of the katotoshi masks is to be seeked among some Lunda groups that mixed specific aspects of circumcision ceremonies with elements from overall beliefs related to funeral rites.
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title	Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
title_short	Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
title_full	Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
title_fullStr	Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
title_full_unstemmed	Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)
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Le masque katotoshi des Bena-Mitumba (province du Lualaba, République Démocratique du Congo)

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